To remove living tissue for culture.
Tissue taken from a body and grown in a culture in a laboratory.
live tissue transferred from the body (or any organism) to a suitable artificial medium for culture. The tissue grows in the artificial medium and can be studied for diagnostic or experimental purposes. Tumor growths are sometimes examined in this way.
To remove a piece of living tissue from the body and transfer it to an artificial culture medium for growth, as in tissue culture. Opposite of implant.